impetuous

• adj.衝動的；無謀；暴力的

impetusから、押す、刺激する。

impetuous

impetuous: [14] Etymologically, impetuous means ‘having impetus’. It comes from Latin impetuōsus, a derivative of the noun impetus ‘attack’ (source of English impetus [17]), which in turn was based on impetere ‘attack’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix in- ‘against’ and petere ‘go towards, seek, attack’ (source of English appetite, compete, perpetuate, petition, petulant, and repeat).

The etymological idea underlying both words is thus of ‘rushing towards something with great violence or aggression’. Another member of the same family is impetigo [16], the name of a sort of skin disease. This was borrowed from Latin impetīgō, whose medical meaning was a specialization of an earlier and much more general ‘attack’ (as in ‘an attack of eczema’).
=> appetite, compete, impetus, perpetuate, petulant, repeat

impetuous (adj.)

late 14c., "hot-tempered, fierce," from Old French impetuos (13c.) and directly from Late Latin impetuosus "impetuous, violent," from Latin impetus "attack" (see impetus). Related: Impetuously; impetuousness.

1. He was young and impetuous .

彼は若く、衝動的になりやすい。

2.an impetuous young woman

無鉄砲な若い女性

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3.She revealed her feelings in impetuous dispays of spending.

彼女は衝動的に彼女の感情をむやみに浪費した。

4.The headstrong impetuous man rushed into things without forethought.

という頑固な無鉄砲者は、事前に考えずに急いで行動する。

5.He is an impetuous fellow.

彼はせっかちだ。